Deputy Information Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has asked Ghanaians to unanimously condemn the leadership of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for what he says is their attempt to lead Ghana into Armageddon, the Biblical account of the scene of a final battle between the forces of good and evil, prophesied to occur at the end of the world. He said the posturing of the NPP towards peace and their actions in numerous situations indicate they are not prepared to give peace a chance. Contributing to discussions on Alhaji and Alhaji, a news analysis programme on Radio Gold at the weekend, Mr Ablakwa said it was time for the whole nation to send strong signals to the NPP that their ‘violent’ conducts will no longer be entertained. Enumerating what he claimed were disturbing pronouncements by key leaders of the biggest opposition party, Samuel Ablakwa said that treasonable comments made by Assin North MP, Kennedy Agyapong were “most disgusting, most shameful statement, the most horrendous statement ever made by a politician coming from Ghana…” The deputy minister noted that Ken’s statements “have not been made by any politician in this fourth republic… I have listened to many terrible statements by politicians but I have never heard a statement like this.” He continued that “It is important… that we allow the appropriate reaction to his statement. The repulsion that must be shown must be shown. The fact that we detest these statements and the fact that these statements pose a threat to our nation, to national cohesion…”. He said Ghana would have been plunged into anarchy if the citizens had taken the MP seriously and heeded his calls for war. “It was statements like this”, the minister explained, “that led to the Rwandan genocide… 18 years ago.” Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa bemoaned what he said were attempts by some leading members of the NPP to create the impression that Ken’s comments were part of the everyday statements of politicians. He said the party’s refusal to condemn the MP was a clear manifestation of attempts to cause confusion in the country. He took a swipe at ex-president Kufuor for not condemning Ken but rather calling on President Mills to desist from ‘killing a fly with a sledge hammer’. The minister said NPP chairman Jake Obetsebi Lamptey also made ‘frightening’ comments in the past that just as Akans in Ivory Coast fought for their birthright, Akans in Ghana could also ask for their birthright. “So to Jake… the leadership of this country is the birthright of Akans. He made those statements and has still refused to apologise despite round condemnation.” Again, he fingered NPP flagbearer Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as calling on NPP members to fight when attacked. “…We are seeing a trend, these are statements from leading members of the party...This trend must be condemned, we must identify this trend emerging within the NPP. “The new leadership of the NPP is sending this nation down into Armageddon. We must not accept this. Every citizen in this country must rise up and condemn this statement,” Ablakwa maintained.